SATURDAY'S I. C. A. A. MEETING.

The annual convention of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association will be held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on Saturday. Each one of the twenty-four colleges that are members of the association is entitled to send three delegates to the convention and it is probable that Harvard will be represented by N. W. Bingham '95, W. F. Garcelon L. S., and A. H. Bullock '96.

By far the most important subject which will come up for discussion is the shortening of the time of the annual field day, which will come this year on the twenty-fifth of May. Several propositions have been submitted, all looking to the same end. Harvard suggests having trial heats run off in the morning so that there shall be only a semi-final and final in the dashes, hurdles and bicycle race, and only a final in the quarter. Harvard also proposes that the referee be given power to have the half-mile run in heats when the number of entries requires it. Harvard's half-milers suffered last year by being placed in the third row of starters, which proved equal to a handicap of many yards. Pennsylvania's idea of cutting down the time of the meeting is to have the trials of the quarter-mile and bicycle race in the morning, while Yale favors the same scheme with the addition of having the trials in the 100 yards run in the morning. Practically all the colleges favor the plan of narrowing the field contestants down to five in each event in the morning trials. The adoption of any one of the proposals will result in shortening the time of the games about two hours. The convention will furthermore endeavor to arrange for a better management of the games and there will doubtless be some changes in the duties of the officials.

Georgetown has proposed the dropping of the mile walk and the substitution of the three mile run, and Swarthmore wants all men shut off college teams who have in the years previous been trained by athletic clubs. Discussion on the question of the walk promises to be rather lively. Swarthmore's move is aimed against the men who live during the summer at the expense of an athletic club. It does not seem likely to go through.

A motion will probably be made that the association challenge Oxford and Cambridge to a meeting of point winners.